Si nanowires produced by very high frequency plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition via VLS mechanism

• Main Authors: Yussof Wahab, Habib Hamidinezhad, Zulkafli Othaman
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2013
• Online Access: http://journalarticle.ukm.my/5901/1/09%2520Yussof%2520Wahab.pdf; http://journalarticle.ukm.my/5901/; http://www.ukm.my/jsm/
• Institution: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

Silicon nanowires (SiNWs) with diameter of about a few nanometers and length of 3 μm on silicon wafers were synthesized by very high frequency plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) observations showed that the silicon nanowires were grown randomly and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy analysis indicates that the nanowires have the composition of Si, Au and O elements. The SiNWs were characterized by high resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) and Raman spectroscopy. SEM micrographs displayed SiNWs that are needle-like with a diameter ranged from 30 nm at the top to 100 nm at the bottom of the wire and have length a few of micrometers. In addition, HRTEM showed that SiNWs consist of crystalline silicon core and amorphous silica layer.